From America to Australia and Madrid to Mexico, inspired audiences are leaping to their feet after hearing international motivational speaker LuAn Mitchell’s message of genuine hope, unwavering faith and personal commitment to action. LuAn Mitchell is the woman who has overcome adversity on every front, and she can teach you to do the same. LuAn Mitchell’s life is a story of tragedy and triumph, emerging every time to reach the pinnacle of business, family and personal success.

LuAn Mitchell, an international bestselling author, teaches you to believe in yourself. Everything you need to achieve your dreams, everything you need to succeed, everything you need to be happy – the instinct, the guts and the drive – are already deep inside you, just waiting to burst out. LuAn Mitchell shows you how to use those feelings to become a success!
As entrepreneur, corporate executive, author, motivational speaker, philanthropist and mother, LuAn Mitchell has lived a life of wide experience, harsh reality, and repeated triumph.

Mitchell has reached the pinnacle of business success being named Canada’s Number One Female Entrepreneur for three successive years by Chatelaine and Profit magazines. On the international stage, she has been honored annually since 2001 by the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World. McGill University of Montreal has named LuAn as the 2003 recipient of the McGill Management Achievement Award for excellence of achievement in business and community service.

LuAn’s business experience began with her own salon, spa, and modeling school, and included-as Chair of the Board of Directors-shepherding Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods from the brink of bankruptcy to one of Canada’s most successful value-added food processors. Her life is a story of struggle and survival. From the country kid who was taunted as “Elly Mae” at her high school, to the confident mother of three young children who rose to command one of Canada’s largest food processing companies, she has always triumphed, although she has also endured much.

Keynotes and Speaking Topics

• Well-thy Life
• Follow Your Instincts
• Don’t Give Into Long Odds
• Develop A Blueprint
• Seek Alliances
• Open Your Eyes To Opportunities
• Be Prepared To Take Risks
• Keep Moving Forward
• Live With Love And Laughter

Books and Articles

• Paper Doll: Lessons Learned From A Life Lived in the Headlines – International Bestseller – 2003
• The Woman MVP Who Set You Free: Play quarterback with the big boys and win! – 2005
• Eye of the Tiger: 10 surefire strategies in the hunt for excellence – audio series

Awards and Designations

• Canada’s Number One Female Entrepreneur for three consecutive years
• McGill University Management Achievement Award for Execellence of Achievement in Business and Community Service

Career Highlights

• One of 40 leading Women Entrepreneurs of the world

Client Reviews

• “LuAn is an inspiring speaker who motivates her audience to face challenges head on, encouraging them to follow gut instinct in order to achieve success, fulfillment, and happiness.” – CAIFA
• “LuAn shares so much passion, so much belief, so much of what she’s learned, and everything comes straight from the heart. She’s an extremely strong lady who’s been through so much – most people would have given up. She’s a brilliant speaker who’s not afraid of telling it like it is. Everybody can relate to the hope and inspiration she offers.” – M. Jurca, Turning Point International
• “It was an amazing experience! I don’t think anyone in the crowd even blinked for the entire hour that LuAn was speaking. LuAn’s presentation was the highlight of our event.” – University of P.E.I.
• “LuAn is that almost-unheard-lf thing: a woman boss in the macho world of meat processing. She’s developed eyes in the back of her head to keep her company from being hijacked by a corporate raider, and she has the cast-iron stomach needed to ride herd over her company’s kill and cut floor.” – Self Magazine and New York Post